1963 Greater Anchorage Borough election|
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The 1963 Greater Anchorage Borough election was an incorporation election for the borough government in Anchorage, Alaska. It was held on December 3, 1963. 6,597 ballots were cast.[1]
Background
In a September 24, 1963 election, the Greater Anchorage region had rejected incorporating as a borough. During this election, George Byer (former City of Anchorage mayor) had won an election to serve as borough chairman if such an office were to have been created by concurrent referendums.[2]
The state legislature mandated that former election districts would be reconstituted as boroughs on January 1, 1964, and that mandatory balloting would take place to select what form of government the boroughs would adopt, which classification of borough they would be incorporated as, and who would serve as elected officers for their governments. In December 1963, mandatory incorporation elections were held three so-called "mandatory" boroughs in South-Central Alaska: Anchorage, Kenai Peninsula, and Matanuska. A similar election was also held in the new Fairbanks borough.[2]
Vote on whether borough should be a first or second class borough
Vote on whether borough should be a first or second class borough[1]
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
| Second class |
3,393 |
52.54 |
| First class |
3,065 |
47.46 |
| Total votes |
6,458 |
100 |
Results of vote on the form of government[1]
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
| Chairman |
3,673 |
58.53 |
| Council-manager |
2,602 |
41.47 |
| Total votes |
6,275 |
100 |
Borough chairman
Borough chairman[1]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Nonpartisan |
John M. Asplund |
3,186 |
51.04 |
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Nonpartisan |
George Byer |
2,471 |
39.59 |
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Nonpartisan |
J. J. McCutcheon |
389 |
6.23 |
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Nonpartisan |
Larry Carmichael |
136 |
2.18 |
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Nonpartisan |
Elsie M. Cornell |
60 |
0.96 |
| Total votes |
6,242 |
100 |
Borough assemblymen
Section 1
Borough assemblyman for section 1[1]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Nonpartisan |
Glenn Briggs |
1,117 |
42.63 |
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Nonpartisan |
Edward C. "Ed" Willis |
1,007 |
38.44 |
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Nonpartisan |
Dan C. Bell |
496 |
18.93 |
| Total votes |
2,620 |
100 |
Section 2
Borough assemblyman for section 2[1]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Nonpartisan |
Walter E. Jerde |
870 |
39.24 |
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Nonpartisan |
Dick Reed Lyon |
750 |
33.83 |
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Nonpartisan |
Thomas S. Adams |
597 |
26.93 |
| Total votes |
2,217 |
100 |
Section 3
Borough assemblyman for section 3[1]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Nonpartisan |
John M. Asplund |
1,463 |
55.65 |
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Nonpartisan |
J. J. McCutcheon |
605 |
23.01 |
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Nonpartisan |
Joseph W. "Joe" Graham |
338 |
12.86 |
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Nonpartisan |
A. D. Hess Powell |
138 |
5.25 |
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Nonpartisan |
Theodore G. "Ted" Smith |
85 |
3.23 |
| Total votes |
2,629 |
100 |
Section 4
Borough assemblyman for section 4[1]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Nonpartisan |
John Glenn Gill |
1,216 |
52.35 |
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Nonpartisan |
Dave Ring |
1,107 |
47.65 |
| Total votes |
2,323 |
100 |
Section 5
Borough assemblyman for section 5[1]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Nonpartisan |
Mable H. Crawford |
996 |
38.85 |
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Nonpartisan |
James M. Garrigues |
847 |
33.03 |
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Nonpartisan |
Vernon E. Haik |
721 |
28.12 |
| Total votes |
2,564 |
100 |
Section 6
Borough assemblyman for section 6[1]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Nonpartisan |
William M. "Bill" Shear |
1,145 |
44.45 |
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Nonpartisan |
Lawrence "Larry" Straley |
686 |
26.63 |
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Nonpartisan |
Larry Carmichael |
529 |
20.54 |
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Nonpartisan |
Harold N. Aldrich |
216 |
8.39 |
| Total votes |
2,576 |
100 |
Borough school board
Borough school board election[1]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Nonpartisan |
Frank M. Reed |
4,169 |
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Nonpartisan |
Keith M. Lesh |
3,831 |
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Nonpartisan |
Richard R. Gay |
3,785 |
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Nonpartisan |
Marilyn Wilkins |
3,697 |
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Nonpartisan |
Willis Avery |
3,559 |
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Nonpartisan |
William J. Moran |
3,429 |
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Nonpartisan |
John C. Hughes |
2,999 |
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Nonpartisan |
Ralph M. Mills |
2,108 |
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Nonpartisan |
Paul L. Weatherman |
1,913 |
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Nonpartisan |
B. W. "Bud" Hardesty |
1,814 |
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Nonpartisan |
Donald E. "Don" White |
1,714 |
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Nonpartisan |
Joseph W. "Joe" Graham |
1,622 |
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Nonpartisan |
Elsie M. Cornell |
1,316 |
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| Total votes |
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